WEBVTT - MINI: Dad was the Coach

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<v Speaker 1>The Christian O'Connell Show podcast your emails.

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<v Speaker 2>You can email a show whenever you want, whatever suits

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<v Speaker 2>you and whatever you've heard on the show. Christian. A

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<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks ago, you were talking about terrible losses.

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<v Speaker 2>Christian's reminded me of a soccer team I used to

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<v Speaker 2>play for when I was fifteen. We used to lose

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<v Speaker 2>every week and it was It was tough because my

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<v Speaker 2>dad was the manager. As anyone ever played in the

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<v Speaker 2>team on this it's a nightmare to begin with, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>We had to play a team called the Tarro Panthers,

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<v Speaker 2>who were quite an aggressive bunch of lads, and we

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<v Speaker 2>only had eight players, so we hatched to plan some

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<v Speaker 2>in the rules, my dad had found out that a

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<v Speaker 2>team cannot play with seven or less players, so my

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<v Speaker 2>dad told one of our players to fake an injury

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<v Speaker 2>so we could get the game postponed. What level of commitment?

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<v Speaker 2>What does that again? We need more stories like this.

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<v Speaker 2>My dad was the coach next week. During the game,

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't actually play too bad. We were losing four

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<v Speaker 2>in a half time, but it wasn't as bad as

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<v Speaker 2>we thought would be. Second half was completely different. Even

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<v Speaker 2>their goalkeeper scored a goal. Our player then fell over

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<v Speaker 2>at the pre arranged sign for my dad. My dad's

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<v Speaker 2>hand signal was just throw himself to the ground. The

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<v Speaker 2>referee had no choice but the call the game off

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<v Speaker 2>with the now score twenty three nil. We were losing

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three nil and my dad pretending he didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>this was a rule and pretend to be so frustrated

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<v Speaker 2>that the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Was being forfeited.

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<v Speaker 2>Back in the changing room, my dad starts high fiving everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>laughing a joke about it. Because we were in really

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<v Speaker 2>small basic change es. The other team could hear us

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<v Speaker 2>and tried to break the door down the other coach

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<v Speaker 2>to beat my dad up. By Dad actually go and

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<v Speaker 2>attend a board meeting on the Monday after the weekend

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<v Speaker 2>of this and was suspended from the league. Chris Turner,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you very much for your email. Start to get

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<v Speaker 2>these stories about dads. Anything to do with dad is

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<v Speaker 2>open season all next week on the show. Chris, Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you very much for that. The email address, as always

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<v Speaker 2>for your awesome stories, Christian at Christian O'Connell dot com

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